yuppie

noun

yup·​pie ˈyə-pē 

variants often Yuppie

: a young college-educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city

yuppiedom

ˈyə-pē-dəm 

adjective

yuppieish

ˈyə-pē-ish 

adjective

Examples of yuppie in a Sentence

Her friends are just a bunch of yuppies.

Recent Examples on the Web

When his 1991 novel American Psycho, about a yuppie investment banker who moonlights as a serial killer, was adapted into the 2000 film of the same name, Ellis unsurprisingly had opinions. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026

Lost in America Lost in America, Albert Brooks’s devastatingly sharp commentary on the post-60s boomer experience, tells the story of David Howard (Brooks) and his wife, Linda (Julie Hagerty), a Los Angeles couple living the yuppie dream. — Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Yuppies have taken over his favorite bar. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Plenty of that yuppie American IPA remained. — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 19 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

probably from young urban professional + -ie

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing yuppie

• yuppie flu

Rhymes for yuppie

• guppy
• puppy